Photographing people - the documentary approach!

For this task I was asked to photograph people using different approaches. These were: non-confrontational, confrontational, un-obtrusive and obtrusive.

This approach was non-confrontational because the man is not looking at or reacting to the camera and un-obtrusive because I did not direct the subject in any way.

This approach was obtrusive because I  told the man where to look and because of this I think it is also confrontational because he is posing for the camera.

I think this approach was very confrontational because he is pointing and looking at the camera and obtrusive because I asked him if I could take his photo.










I think a non-confrontational reaction is better because you get a more natural expression.

I prefer an un-obtrusive shot because if you tell the subject to do something they are waiting for you to take the photo and therefore it can look a bit forced.

At first I felt shy of asking people if i could take their picture, thinking they may not like it but I found out they didn't really mind.